Chatpetch and Eaktawan both successful in title bouts

6/14/2014

With the world cup now kicking off we're expecting to see a downturn in boxing for a week or two. Thankfully we still expect a few fights to come through and on Thursday there was a few fights, in fact there were actually a few title fights.

Bangkok, Thailand
One of the two main events saw Chatpetch Sithmorseng (8-3, 4) successfully defending the Interim PABA Super Flyweight title courtesy of a huge uppercut against the aggressive Romnick Magos (9-4, 5). Magos set off with an ultra-aggressive mindset but unfortunately this opened up opportunities for Chatpetch who managed to land his pay day shot and give Magos his third loss on Thai soil.

For those who are curious about Chatpetch, who boxrec list as the PABA champion, the PABA themselves list Petchbarngborn Kokietgym as the champion. We're unsure why boxrec have this one so wrong.

In the other main event Eaktawan Mor Krungthepthonbur (4-0, 3) dominated Jemmy Gobel (18-24-5, 13) until finally scoring a 6th round TKO. This win for Eaktawan saw him claiming the WBA Asia Flyweight title. Unfortunately this was a mismatch from the opening bell and the best thing Gobel did was survive through to round 6.

The undercard featured 3 other bouts, the most eye catching of those was an opening round TKO scored by Thai based Nigerian Taiwo Ali (15-3, 10) against Andrey Taihera (0-1). Another of the under card bouts saw Tirachok Kiatniwat (4-0, 2) stopping Petchkosin Manoprungroj (0-1). From what we understand Tirachok is the nephew of former world champion Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym. Talking about relative of former world champions the son of Denkaosan Kaovichit, Petchsamui Kiatniwat (0-0-1) who was sadly held to a draw by Lomnaw Sakberlin (0-0-1).

Hyogo, Japan
As well as the show in Thailand we also had a small card in Japan. This show, which featured 8 bouts, was headlined by a bout between Takahiro Shigee (11-0-1, 9) and the limited Toshiya Yokogawa (6-6-1, 5). Unfortunately Shigee failed to make the Super Bantamweight limit and, although he was punished with wearing bigger gloves, he was simply too good, too powerful and too strong for Yokogawa who suffered his first stoppage loss.

Shigee wasn't the only unbeaten man continuing their winning run as the promising Shohei Okuda (10-0, 4) moved into double figures with an 8 round decision over Tatsuya Yoneo (6-4, 1). The bout was closer than it looked on paper but the right man came out on top in a well fought test for the unbeaten youngster.

The only other 8 rounder on the show saw Tokiya Nishioka (9-3-2, 5) stopping the chinny Hiroki Yoshimura (7-10, 4) who has now suffered 8 stoppage losses in his 17 fights. Although the bout went into the 7th round there was always the worry that Yoshimura would break and that's exactly what happened.

In the sole 6 round bout on the show fans got to see Satoshi Ozawa (9-5-1, 2) defeat the limited Akifumi Hayashi (4-10-1, 1) in a 6 round decision.

At the start of the card there were 4 bouts scheduled for 4 rounds, surprisingly they only went a combined 8 rounds with only one of the bouts reaching the final bell. The bout that did go the distance however was a close one with the unbeaten Shohei Kawashima (6-0-1, 1) taking a majority decision over Kyohei Okutani (4-2, 3).

Of the other 3 bouts the longest went into the 2nd round as Keisuke Tabuchi (5-1-2, 4) took out the debuting Hayate Matsutani (0-1). The Tabuchi/Matsutani bout went a round longer than either of the other remaining bouts which went less than 5 minutes combined. One of those saw Batten Ryosuke (1-0-1, 1) taking out Tenmei Serizawa (3-2, 2) at 2:58 of the opening round whilst the other lasted just 2:01 as Kohei Iwai (3-2-1, 3) stopped Yudai Yamashoji (2-2-, 2).

Queensland, Australia
In Australia fans got to see Matt Casboult (5-0, 1) inflict the 3rd straight loss on Thailand's win-less Arnon Yuchareon (0-3). Arnon, a former Muay Thai fighter, hasn't really adapted to the pro boxing scene very well and it may well be a case of just needing to get something to click or, alternatively, a change back to the sport he first made his name in.

Alberta, Canada
In Canada fans got to see the return to the ring of Afghanistan's Arash Usmanee (21-2-1, 10). Unfortunately it seems that Usmanee struggled to defeated the tough but limited Juan Ruiz (23-13, 7) over 8 rounds. We like Usmanee but feel that if he's struggling to beat Ruiz then he may well be feeling the effects of his hard series of recent fights and may need to reconsider his future. Then again it could well have just been an off night for the all action Afghan.

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Pacquiao revives career whilst Allakhverdiev loses title

4/13/2014

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Nevada, USA
The major action concerning Asian fighters this past weekend wasn't in Asia though did involve an Asian boxing superstar and one of the most recognisable faces in not just boxing but sport world wide. That was of course Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao (56-5-2, 38) the Filipino boxing star-turned actor, singer and politician.

Pacquiao, who hadn't fought in the US since a 2012 knock out defeat to nemesis Juan Manuel Marquez, returned to action state side to avenge the most controversial defeat of his career, a decision loss to American Timothy Bradley (31-1-0-1, 12). Bradley had, 2 years ago, taken the WBO Welterweight crown from Pacquiao in a widely condemned decision and this time both me were out to their point.

Bradley started well though in the end there was only one winner, Pacquiao had dominated vast swathes of the bout through the middle rounds and the later rounds as he reclaimed is title, retook his place amongst boxing elite and proved, once again, that he is a fighter first and foremost.

Our full write up of the Pacquiao/Bradley fight can be found here.

Unfortunately whilst Pacquiao was successful the same couldn't be said of Russian Light Welterweight Khabib Allakhverdiev (19-1, 9) who lost both the WBA Light Welterweight title and his unbeaten record in a decision loss to unbeaten American Jessie Vargas (24-0, 9). The bout was competitive through out though at times Khabib was out sped as Vargas stole some rounds in what was a competitive and interesting technical bout between good secondary tier fighters. Neither man would compare well with Danny Garcia or Lucas Matthysse but both can hold their heads high and know that against almost anyone else in the division they'd be competitive.

A third Asian fighter was on the card, Afghanistan born Arash Usmanee (20-2-1, 10) who was unfortunately out powered, out fought and out muscled by Raymundo Beltran (29-6-1, 17) in a Lightweight encounter. Usmanee, who took the bout with a weeks notice, showed his toughness and bravery though he was a clear loser on the cards and we'd not expect him back at Lightweight any time soon. It was game effect from Usmanee who will likely be hoping for another world title bout in his natural Super Featherweight division later this year.

Misamis Oriental, Philippines
As for action actually in Asia we can only find 2 bouts, both on the same show in the Philippines. These saw the hard hitting former amateur star Vic Saludar (4-1, 4) taking out the experienced Rey Morano (8-40-1, 1) in just 119 seconds and the unbeaten Rence Bryan Magarce (2-0, 1) out pointing the debuting Mace Talido (0-1).

(Photo courtesy of Sumio Yamada)

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